Tell Me When The Flag Is Passing Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]Oh, won't you tell me
when the flag is passing by?
Oh, won't you tell me
when the flag is passing [D]by?
While [C]standing there that day
I heard [G]the stranger say
Won't you tell me
when [D]the flag is passing [G]by?
Then he said,
I hear the sound of marching feet
And I can hear the trumpets up [D]the street
And [C]since this is the fourth
day of Ju[G]ly
Won't you tell me
when the flag is [D]passing [G]by?
Before I turned to look I knew I'd find
That the man who spoke these words
to me was [D]blind
Just [C]let me pretend to see old
[G]glory once again
Would you tell me
when the [D]flag is passing [G]by
Oh, the blazing sun above
that day was warm,
but he was wearing his old army uniform.
[D]Ribbons pinned by [C]his lapel,
a gallant [G]story they did tell,
why he wished to know
the [D]flag was passing [G]by.[Ab]
How many times has this long
-forgotten man
Went to battle for that flag in some far [Eb]land?
If it were not [C#]for men like he,
you [Ab]and I could not be free,
So I told him that the [Eb]flag was passing [Ab]by.
Oh, I stood there right beside
him in the crowd
And I felt so very thankful and so [Eb]proud
In his [C#]old red army suit,
he [Ab]gave a sharp salute
When I told him that the
flag [Eb]was passing b[Ab]y
Oh, won't you tell me
when the flag is passing by
Oh, won't you tell me
when the flag is passing [Eb]by
While stand[C#]ing there that day,
I heard [Ab]the stranger say,
Won't you tell me
when [Eb]the flag is passing [Ab]by?
Won't you tell me
when the flag [Eb]is passing b[Ab]y?
Won't you tell me
when the flag [Eb]is passing b[Ab]y?
Won't you tell me
when [Eb]the flag is passing [Ab]by?
Won't you tell me
when the flag [Eb]is passing b[Ab]y?
Oh, won't you tell me
when the flag is passing by...